Early 4th of July Table...

Hello Sweet Friends,

Hope you all had a lovely celebration

of our Nations Birthday yesterday or

some time close to the 4th of July.

We didn't do anything on Tuesday as we

 had a family gathering on Sunday so that

 we could visit with our nephew and his

 family while they were here in town.

It turned out to be a really great time

 for everyone, and was so good to see

them all as it had been a long time.

So since it was so close to the 4th,

 I just decided to do a 4th of July

 table theme.  So what you see here

is the results.............

Lil darling is sleeping so will see

if I get this finished before she

wakes up.......

Since it is summer, we are always more

 laid back around here and I many times 

just use paper goods or plastic ware. 

So since we were doing a buffet as 

there were twice as many of us. just

decided to set the table with silverware 

and napkins and used Hefty red plates

and cups.

When I decided on doing a 4th of July theme,

 the first thing I did was start looking for any-

thing red or blue that I had in the house.

Love shopping the house cause you find

things you forgot you had sometimes...lol

Found some remants from the ticking stripe

paper I used for another table recently, so

decided to roll it up and put it in a clear

glass cylinder I had and stick some red

amarillos I had taken out of my office/

computer room as I began redecorating

it.  The flowers needed a bit more as I

only had 3 then I remembered I had all

these flags,  so just stuck a few in and

looked pretty good............

Since I still had the ticking stripe runner from

 our Fathers day coastal table.........(you can

click here to see it if you'd like) I decided to

just cut it down to make it smaller since it

had some crinkle to it on the sides from

where we sat glasses before, which made

 it shorter and narrower and gave it a bit

of a different look.

Checked out my paper napkin stash and 

had 3 different types of partiotic napkins

with there just being a few of 2 of them,

 so decided to use them all, thus using

up the small amount.

Kept my starfish dishes as candleholders

 leftover from the coastal table and also 

the clear candleholders with the cobalt 

and silver marbles in them,  and added

a patriotic napkin and plastic stars.

    Thought the white tablecloth was
 best to use again, but it was not long
 enough once we put the leaf in the table.
  So had to remedy that with blue round
 placemats from my kitchen table with
 2 at each end, so it looked fine since
 it was a casual table anyway.

Just threw 3 flags and some marbles

 that matched into each in these cute

 round vases.

Added this lil USA Beanie Baby

 to one side so it would look equally

 as nice as the other side where the

 front of the flowers were showing.

 Added silverware, napkins and

 candies (which were left over

 from the Fathers day table as

 well).  and some more plastic

 stars, and it was a pretty easy

table to put together and made

me a happy girl. So this was

pretty much a Zero spend

table, other than the plates,

already had the cups.

Here is an overview  - Here you can see 

all 3 of the napkin choices in this picture

Notice the ones on the striped paper too.  

Their flags are stright across not wavy.

Just for fun a photoshop affect 

called "Cut Out"

Actually finished before she got up!!  lol

Hope this inspires someone to shop their

 house and know that you can set a pretty

 table even with paper or plastic ware and

that it doesn't have to cost a fortune.

Thanks for dropping by and so glad

you were here.

Love, Hugs and

Patriotic Blessings,

Nellie

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